The median/average age of the population of Burwood East is 40 years of age.

50.9% of people living in the suburb of Burwood East were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 10.9% China , 5.0% Greece, 3.3% India, 2.8% Sri Lanka, 2.5% Vietnam, 2.5% Malaysia, 1.8% England, 1.7% Italy, 1.5% Hong Kong , 1.3% Indonesia, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.7% Korea, Republic of , 0.7% Cyprus, 0.6% Germany.

48.4% of people living in Burwood East speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 11.0% Greek, 10.8% Mandarin, 6.7% Cantonese, 2.7% Italian, 2.5% Vietnamese, 2.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.7% Sinhalese, 1.6% Other, 1.3% Indonesian.

53.4% of people are married, 33.2% have never married and 5.6% are divorced and 1.5% are separated. There are 552 widowed people living in Burwood East.

56.5% of the people living in Burwood East over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.7% are working on a part time basis. Burwood East has an unemployment rate of 6.1%.